Rupp Leads Ducks to First Title KIRBY LEE/IMAGE of SPORT by Lee Nichols “This Was Our Meet, We Had a Lot of Things College Station, Go Our Way
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Volume 8, No. 10 March 16, 2009 45TH NCAA MEN’s INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS Rupp Leads Ducks To First Title KIRBY LEE/IMAGE OF SPORT KIRBY By Lee Nichols “This was our meet, we had a lot of things College Station, go our way. Galen was just terrific. So, I think Texas, March 13 & in the last two days we had a real nice mo- 14—With the pre-meet ment, but I don’t know if there’s anything formchart showing Or- extra special Oregon does.” egon and Arkansas in Rupp was indeed terrific, crossing the fin- a near dead heat, one ish line first no less than three times in two might have expected days. the 3000—loaded with In an oddly tactical 5K that shifted be- three Ducks and two tween dead sprints and almost complete Razorbacks—to be the stops, Rupp sat unrattled in 3rd most of the climactic event of the way before a decisive move with about three meet. laps left gave him a 13:41.45 win, more than It was anything but. three seconds up on Liberty’s Sam Chelanga By the time Galen and Arkansas’s Shawn Forrest. Rupp stepped onto the Said Rupp, “Coming into today, I felt the track for the next-to- strongest I have ever been. I was focusing on last race at Texas A&M’s that race first. I knew I had to get it done, brand-new facility, he and was able to execute my race, and get a and his Oregon team- championship.” mates had already Two hours later he was back in the DMR, executed to near-per- showing no fatigue as he blasted away from fection, Arkansas had Hog miler Dorian Ulrey and Cal’s Michael almost completely col- Coe with 300 meters left for a 9:29.59 vic- lapsed, and no one else tory. had risen to challenge. Meanwhile, Rupp’s teammates were doing Asked if there was their part—including fellow Olympian An- anything inherent in drew Wheating’s silver in the 800 (1:48.54, their program that en- half a second behind Longhorn Jacob Her- Rupp scored sured this execution, nandez) and near-Olympian Ashton Eaton’s Oregon associate coach gold in the heptathlon (5988)—while Arkan- a 3/5 double Dan Steele replied, “I sas athletes were scoring less than expected in and anchored don’t know about that. I six events, and not at all in three of them. think the coaches work The 3K ultimately reflected the meet as a the winning really, really hard to get whole: Rupp romped to an easy 7:48.94 win. DM to boot— the athletes prepared, to “This has been a great experience, and one get them ready. of the most fun meets ever,” he said. “I just the first such “We looked very wanted to come out today and run well. I am triple in meet closely at the entries, stronger than any of the other guys out there and I think we made history some really good deci- sions with our personnel © 2009 Track & Field News. and our race strategies, All rights reserved. but look, there’s a lot of This newsletter may not be reprinted really great coaches out or retransmitted in any form there that did the exact without express written permission. same thing. www.trackandfieldnews.com -59- March 16, 2009 so I just took an early lead to where I 60 METERS could relax throughout the race.” FINAL (3/14) Men’s World Indoor Leaders Meanwhile, Ulrey missed scoring 1. **Jacoby Ford (Clem) 6.52 (x, =12 C); 60......... 6.42 ...... Dwain Chambers (Great Britain) by one place and Forrest didn’t even 2. *Trindon Holliday (LSU) 6.55; 3. **Terrell 200....... 20.63 ..................................Trey Harts (US) toe the line. By that point, Rupp could Wilks (Fl) 6.61; 4. Adam Harris' (Mi) 6.62; 400....... 45.69 ....Michael Bingham (Great Britain) have sat out and just watched. 5. *Rondel Sorrillo' (Ky) 6.63; 6. **Gerald 800....... 1:44.75 ..................Ahmad Ismail (Sudan) “Galen would not have gone along Phiri' (TxAM-Zam) 6.63; 7. Michael Ray 1500..... 3:33.96 ................. Haron Keitany (Kenya) with that,” Steele laughed. “He was Garvin (FlSt) 6.66; 8. *Teddy Williams Mile ...... 3:51.34 .......................Bernard Lagat (US) feeling terrific. He wanted to run ev- (UTSA) 6.70. 3000..... 7:32.80 ...................... Paul Koech (Kenya) erything that he ran. I think he would HEATS (3/13; qualify 1+6) 5000..... 13:07.83 ............. Abreham Cherkos (Eth) have run more if he could have. We I–1. Holliday 6.55; 2. Williams 6.59 PR; 3. 60H ...... 7.37 ......................Terrence Trammell (US) didn't really talk about it, because it Phiri' 6.59 =NR; 4. Harris' 6.64; 4 x 400. 3:05.81 ............................................ Baylor would have taken away a nice moment 5. *Evander Wells (Tn) 6.70; 6. *Jona- HJ ........ 7-10½ (2.40) ............. Ivan Ukhov (Russia) for him. He was clearly ready. He’s than Hancock (SC) 6.75; 7. **Ngoni Makusha' PV ........ 19-10½ (6.06) ....Steve Hooker (Australia) healthy, he’s fit. He has to be the athlete (FlSt) 8.44. LJ ........ 28-7 (8.71) ....Sebastian Bayer (Germany) of the meet.” II–1. Ford 6.51 =PR (=AL, =CL) (=5, TJ ........ 57-8½ (17.59) .........Fabrizo Donato (Italy) But didn’t Duck coaches have con- =7 C); 2. Wilks 6.59; 3. Sorrillo' 6.65; 4. SP ........ 70-5¼ (21.47) Christian Cantwell (US) (2) cerns of overracing their young star? Garvin 6.65; Wt ........ 80-3¾ (24.48) ............. Jake Freeman (US) “Absolutely, we worried about it,” 5. J-Mee Samuels (Ar) 6.72; 6. ***Mau- Hept ..... 6362 .......................Mikk Pahapil (Estonia) said Steele. “But this is the national rice Mitchell (FlSt) 6.72;… fs—*Jeremy championships. If ever there was a meet Hall (Fl). to overrace somebody, this was it.’ 200 METERS U.S. Leaders NCAA MEN’S RESULTS FINAL (3/13; composite) 60......... 6.51 ........ Jacoby Ford (Clemson) (twice) (200 banked) 1. *Trey Harts (Bay) 20.63 PR (WL, AL, ............. 6.51 ................................ Mark Jelks (Nike) (with fields capped by NCAA, large CL) (slowest winner since ’02); 2. *Charles ............. 6.51 ......................Michael Rodgers (Nike) number of auto-qualifiers meant Clark (FlSt) 20.67; 3. *Rondel Sorrillo' (Ky) 200....... 20.63 ............................Trey Harts (Baylor) reduced participants in individual 20.72 PR; 4. *Evander Wells (Tn) 20.78; 400....... 45.71 ..................Gil Roberts (Texas Tech) events) 5. **Marvin Bonde' (OR-Zim) 20.86 NR; 800....... 1:47.72 ...... Nick Symmonds (Oregon TC) (attendance 4315/4917 = 9232; very 6. Brent Gray (LBSt) 20.90 PR; 7. ***Torrin 1500 ......3:36.82 ..........................Bernard Lagat (Nike) close to capacity)— Lawrence (Ga) 20.90; 8. **Michael Dehaven Mile ......3:51.34 ..........................Bernard Lagat (Nike) TEAM SCORES (Aub) 20.95 PR. 3000..... 7:35.41 .................... Bernard Lagat (Nike) Sections: I–1. Clark; 2. Bonde'; 3. Gray; 1. Oregon 54 (first win ever); 2. 5000..... 13:18.12 ................. Galen Rupp (Oregon) 4. Dehaven. Florida 36; 3. Florida State 32; 4. 60H ...... 7.37 ................... Terrence Trammell (unat) II–1. Harts; 2. Sorrillo'; 3. Wells; 4. Law- LSU 29; 4 x 400. 3:05.81 ............................................ Baylor rence. DisMed 9:29.59 ...........................................Oregon 5. tie, Arizona State, Baylor & Ne- braska 25; 8. Arkansas 24; 9. Texas HEATS (3/13; qualify 8) HJ ........ 7-8¾ (2.36) ............. Jesse Williams (Nike) A&M 23; 10. Texas 22.50; I–1. Wells 20.81; 2. Sorrillo' 20.82. PV ........ 19-1 (5.82) ....................Derek Miles (Nike) 11. Stanford 19; 12. Cal 18.50; 13. II–1. Harts 20.73; 2. Bonde' 20.93 NR; LJ ........ 26-4¼(A) (8.03) ............. Matt Turner (unat) Texas Tech 18; 14. tie, Indiana & Min- 3. ***Reginald Dixon (Hamp) 21.11; 4. TJ ........ 55-8½ (16.98) ....Christian Taylor (Florida) nesota 15; Jeremy Dodson (Co) 21.14. SP ........ 70-5¼ (21.47) ..... Christian Cantwell (Nike) (2) 16. tie, Kansas State, New Mexico & III–1. Clark 20.90; Wt ........ 80-3¾ (24.48) ...........Jake Freeman (unat) Oklahoma 14; 19. Kentucky 13; 20. tie, 2. ***Marcus Rowland (Aub) 21.05; 3. Hept ..... 6174 ...................... Ashton Eaton (Oregon Missouri & South Carolina 11; Marek Nitt' (Ar) 21.12. 22. Virginia Tech 10½; 23. tie, IV–1. Lawrence 20.79 PR; 2. Gray 20.91; Bethune-Cookman, Clemson, Rice & 3. Dehaven 20.99; NCAA Div. I Leaders Wake Forest 10; 4. **Antonio Sales (SC) 21.43;… dq— 60......... 6.51 ......... Jacoby Ford (Clemson) (twice) 27. tie, Boise State & Providence Zye Boey (EnIl). 9; 29. tie, Liberty, Memphis & Wis- 200....... 20.63 ............................Trey Harts (Baylor) 400 METERS 400....... 45.69 .....Michael Bingham' (Wake Forest) consin 8; FINAL (3/14; composite) 800....... 1:48.04 Jacob Hernandez (Texas) (twice) 32. Michigan 7; 33. tie, Arizona, 1. Michael Bingham' (WF) 45.69 PR Mile ......3:55.02 .. German Fernandez (Oklahoma St) Connecticut, Kansas, Northern Iowa & (WL, CL) 3000..... 7:44.69 ................... Galen Rupp (Oregon) Washington 6; 38. Tennessee 5; (21.65/24.04); 5000..... 13:18.12 ................. Galen Rupp (Oregon) 39. tie, Maryland & Penn State 4½; 2. **Gil Roberts (TxT) 45.71 PR (AL, 60H ...... 7.58 .. Jason Richardson (South Carolina) 41. tie, Auburn, Alabama, BYU, Miami, AmCL) 4 x 400. 3:05.81 ............................................ Baylor North Carolina & Oral Roberts, 4; (21.63/24.08); DisMed 9:29.59 ...........................................Oregon 47. tie, Albany, Illinois, Long Beach 3. Jordan Boase (Wa) 46.20 PR State, Norfolk State, UCLA & Virginia HJ ........ 7-5 (2.26) ....Jerome Miller (Georgia Tech) (21.80/24.40); 3; PV ........ 18-4¾ (5.61) ............Jason Colwick (Rice) 4.